Press Releases
ECOWAS SYMPATHISES WITH SIERRA LEONE IN THE AFTERMATH OF FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN THE COUNTRY
Togo’s Head of State, and Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, as well as the West African Community expressed their affinity with the people … Continue reading
ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE TRAINS EVALUATION TEAM AHEAD OF COMMAND POST EXERCISE
The ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) will train a team of evaluators for its Command Post Exercise (CPX) code name JIGUI IV which is scheduled to hold in 2018. The 5-Day training holding from the 21st to 25th of August 2017, … Continue reading
ECOWAS AND DENMARK STEP UP EFFORTS AT COOPERATION ON MIGRATION, PEACE AND SECURITY
The ECOWAS Commission and Denmark are stepping up their collaborative efforts on Migration, peace and security. Conferring with a 15-man Danish delegation in an exploratory meeting on the 16th of August 2017 at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, … Continue reading
ECOWAS COMMISSION SETS MACHINERY IN MOTION FOR ON-LINE STATBASE PLATFORM
In collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the ECOWAS Commission has set a machinery in motion for an on-line StatBase Platform. The platform which can facilitate the management and dissemination of statistical data was set up … Continue reading
ECOWAS COMMISSION COLLABORATES WITH EISA TO STRENGTHEN CAPACITY OF LONG-TERM ELECTION OBSERVERS
Experts drawn from political affairs, gender, media, civil society and development sectors have begun an intensive training in Accra, Ghana on Sunday 13th August 2017, to deepen their knowledge on ECOWAS Long-Term Election Observation guidelines and methodology. The training which … Continue reading
The ECOWAS Commission comes to the Aid of People suffering from food crisis in the North East of Nigeria
Maiduguri, 8 August 2017. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through one of its agencies, the Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) donated 1,130 tons, about 22,600 bags of foodstuff to the Nigerian government for distribution … Continue reading
ECOWAS and UNECA join hands to create a robust Regional Statistical Portal
Abuja, 7th August 2017. With the support of Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), ECOWAS and the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) are fashioning out a reliable statistical data base which can be customised for the planning of programmes … Continue reading